Toy vehicle



May 7, 1946. E. w. BAGGOTT TOY VEHICLE Filed Feb. 1, 1945' ATTORNEYS Patented May 7, 1946 TOY VEHICLE Edmund W. Baggott, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Ideal Novelty & Toy 00., Long Island City, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 1, 1945, Serial No. 575,601

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and improved toy vehicle.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a toy vehicle with a very simple steering apparatus.

Other objects of my invention will be stated in the annexed description and drawing which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1, in which the front steering wheels are parallel to the rear wheels.

Fig. 3 is a detail bottom plan view which shows how the front steering wheels are turned in order to steer the vehicle.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4---4 of Fig. 1.

The embodiment of Figs. 1-4 shows a conventional toy vehicle which has a body I and wheels 2. The steering haft 3 is downwardly and forwardly inclined. The bottom end of said steering shaft 3 projects through an opening in the bottom wall 4 of the body I. Said steering shaft 3 is turnably held in a bearing 5 which is fixed to the rear vertical wall of the body I. An operating wheel 6 is fixed to the steering shaft 3. Below the bottom wall 4 of the body I, the steering shaft 3 is eccentrically fixed to disk I. The front wheels 2 are the steering wheels, Said steering wheels 2 are mounted turnably upon an axle 8, so that said Wheels 2 turn relative to rod or axle B. Said axle 8 is fixed to a. plate 9 which is turnably connected to the bottom wall 4 by mean of a vertical pivot pin I ll.

As shown in Fig. 4, the bottom wall 4 has an upstanding recess I2, in which part of the disk I is located. The plate 9 is provided with spaced legs M at its inner free end. The disk I fits turnably between said legs l4. Due to the eccentric connection between the disk 1 and the shaft 3, said disk 1 act as an actuating member to turn the plate 9 around its pivot II], when the wheel 6 is rotated. The axle 8 can therefore be turned from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 3, or in the opposed direction. The legs l4 are moved laterally back-and-forth by the actuating member I, when the steering shaft 3 is turned in respective opposed directions. As shown in Fig. 4, the top face of plate 9 slidably abuts the bottom face of bottom wall 4.

In this embodiment, the axle means of the steering wheels 2 is turned relative to a vertical axis, by actuating mechanism which includes a member such as member 9, which has spaced legs which are movable laterally, back and forth. Said axle means may be a single axle 8, or a plurality of axles. The steering shaft 3 has an actuating member which is located between the laterally movable legs of said member, Said actuating member I i shaped and constructed so that it pushes on a respective leg 14, according to the direction of turning of the steering shaft 3.

Numerous changes and omissions and additions can be made in the disclosure herein, without departing from the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A toy vehicle which has a body which has a bottom wall, said bottom wall having an upstanding recess, a plate located below said bottom wall, a vertical pivot pin which turnably connects said plate to said bottom wall, a lateral axle fixed to said plate, respective wheels turnably mounted upon said axle at the respective ends of said axle, said plate having longitudinally disposed and laterally separated legs to provide a longitudinal recess in said plate between said legs. said longitudinal recess being vertically alined with said upstanding recess, a steering shaft, said body having a bearing in which said steering shaft is tumably mounted, an eccentric fixed to said steering shaft, said eccentric being located between said legs, the upper part of said eccentric being located in said upstanding recess, said eccentric being shaped to turn said plate in respective opposed directions when said steering shaft is turned in respective opposed directions.

2. A toy vehicle according to claim 1, in which the top face of said plate, including the top walls of said legs, substantially slidably abut the bottom face of said bottom wall, said faces being planar.

EDMUND W. BAGGOTT. 

